Monday, November 09, 2009

Proposal: Magical Manipulation

Add a new subrule to the rule entitled “Spellcasting”. Call it “Basic Spells” and give it the following text:

The following spells exist, as per this Rule’s superrule.

Rune Swap has “OPT” as its activation sequence. Its Effect is “Exchange the positions of two Runes in your Workbench”.

Cleanse has “SOAP” as its activation sequence. Its Effect is “Choose an Apprentice. Move all Damaged Runes in that Apprentice’s Workbench to the end of their Workbench, leaving the relative order of the other Runes unchanged.

Reverse Manipulation has “POP” and “POPS” as its activation sequences. Its Effect is “Remove the first Rune from your Workbench, then add any Consonant to the end of your Workbench.”

Here are some nice, safe Rune-transferring spells to cut your teeth on. Just keep your hands clear of the workbench while the runes are active.

"Nomic is a game in which changing the rules is a move. In that respect it differs from almost every other game. The primary activity of Nomic is proposing changes in the rules, debating the wisdom of changing them in that way, voting on the changes, deciding what can and cannot be done afterwards, and doing it. Even this core of the game, of course, can be changed."